Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions

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** In careful Ăn Căyzon, ''ŗ'' /ʒ/ is a retroflex fricative [ʐ], devoiced after voiceless consonants: סקר'יב ''scŗiv'' [skʂiv] 'to write'. However, in most modern accents it's postalveolar and merges with ''ș'' when devoiced.

** Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'יִ ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'יִ ''c̦i'' 'her (possessive pronoun)'.

** ~~Voiceless~~ stops (written פּ כּ תּ) are aspirated ~~unless after a fricative, where they are written בּ ק ט~~. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech.

** Aspirated stops (written פּ כּ תּ) are strongly aspirated like in Mandarin and Korean. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech.

** ''t d s'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/.

** /h/ is always pronounced clearly. It is usually [h~ɦ], but is [ħ̞] (weak [ħ]) before /a/ and [ç] before /i/.

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 ** In careful Ăn Căyzon, ''ŗ'' /ʒ/ is a retroflex fricative [ʐ], devoiced after voiceless consonants: סקר'יב ''scŗiv'' [skʂiv] 'to write'. However, in most modern accents it's postalveolar and merges with ''ș'' when devoiced.
 ** Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'יִ ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'יִ ''c&#x326;i'' 'her (possessive pronoun)'.
-** Voiceless stops (written פּ כּ תּ) are aspirated unless after a fricative, where they are written בּ ק ט. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech.
+** Aspirated stops (written פּ כּ תּ) are strongly aspirated like in Mandarin and Korean. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech.
 ** ''t d s'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/.
 ** /h/ is always pronounced clearly. It is usually [h~ɦ], but is [ħ&#798;] (weak [ħ]) before /a/ and [ç] before /i/.